Hammock



'July 31, 1923.

QHAMMQCK ori inal Filed Jan. 26.

Patented July 31, 1923.

' HARRY E. BURaoueHs, ornos'ron, na sseorrtisna rs, nssieNon To Louis BEc wIrH;

. I or EVERETT, ivrnssacnusnr rs. 1

HAMMOCK.

Application filed J'anuary 26, 1921, Seria1'1 1'0. 440,090: Renewed January 21, 1922. Serial No..530,997.

To all whomz'tmag concern:

"Be it known that I; HARRY E. BURROUGHS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and- State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hammocks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to infants hammocks and has particular reference to a hammock adapted to be folded within small compass making it adaptable for use in automobiles and like uses. A principal object of the invention is to provide a folding hammock of simple and inexpensive, but strong and reliable construction that is arranged and adapted to be easily opened for use and equipped with means whereby it may 7 be either supported from the floor of the machine, or suspended from above. A further object is to provide a folding hammock of the type stated with a removable and adjustable folding top capable of being quick- 1y set up for use or removed as required. The foregoing and other objects and advantages of the invention will more fully appear from the following detailed description, and the distinctive features of novelty will be pointed out in the appende claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an infants hammock embodying the invention, the top being shown folded;

Figure 2 is a partial side View showing the top opened up for use;

Figure 3 is an end view of the hammock showing a suitable supporting structure therefor; and

Figure 4 is a side View showing the ham mock folded 0r collapsed.

10 indicates the frame of. a hammock which is preferably composed of two U- shaped iron or steel bars 10 10*. These bars have their ends brought into substantially abutting relation and pivoted as indicated at 11, 12 to U-shaped brackets 13 which serve to prevent the members 10" and 10 from swinging downward below their alined position as seen in Fig. 1, but permitting them to swing in the opposite direction so as to fold together as indicated in Fig. 4. 14: indicates the hammock body which may be composed of canvas or like stout flexible material. This body is provided at intervals along the upper edge thereof with eyelets 15 whichfare engaged ringsg16 or. like elements which are ,also passed; through holes l'Z'of the frame bars 10, 10*. to hold'the. body suspended from the frame. 18 indicates. a folding top which is adjustably and iremovably secured to-the. 1 7

frame by means of brackets 19 at. the sides of the frameand adjacent thepivotbrackets 13. This top preferably has a flap or entension 18 extending downward from the rear thereof suitably secured removably to the frame, as by means of small rings or clips 18. The ends or intermediate portions 10 of the .U-bars 10, 10 constituting. V

the frame, are preferably, substantially straight and these are engaged by U-shaped bracket clips 20 which are carried at the upper extremities of legs 21. A pair of these legs 21 is provided for each end of the frame and they are crossed intermediate their length and pivotally securedto a rod 22 which extends between them and holds them in spaced apart relation, this rod also contributing rigidity to the structure. These legs 21 are provided with suitable feet 23 adapted to rest upon the floor of the automobile or other base. The bracket clips 20 provide seats into which the frame may be set and they preferably engage the frame bars frictionally or otherwise so as to prevent casual displacement thereof. If it be desired to raise or lower the elevation of the hammock, this maybe done to some little extent bygswinging the leg bars 21' towards or away from each other as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 3. lVhen the'hammock is not required for use it may be folded up in small compass as indicated in Figure 1 and the supportlng framework conbutes thereof, and ltherefore desire the presentembodiment to be considered in all re spects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had. to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

Having described my'invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Apparatus of the kind described com prising a hammock frame composed of two U-sh aped frame members with their ends in abutting relation and connected for folding,

' a flexible hammock body suspended from said frame members in a manner to leave the 'ends thereof exposed, and a support to 'WlllCll said frame is detachably and adjust ably-fitted, composed of leg bars arranged in crossed relation at the ends of the frame, and

'2. Apparatus of the kind described comprising a hammock framecomposed of two metallic U-shaped frame members with their ends in abutting relation and connected for folding, a flexible hammock body freely sus-' pended from said frame, the outer portions of said frame members being substantially straight, and leg bar supports arranged in crossed relation in pairs at theends of said frame presenting at their upper extremities sockets frictionally and adjustably engaged with the frame ends for the purpose'stated. In testimony whereof I'aifix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HARRY E. BURROUGHS.

l/Vitnesses:

1, HENRY C. THoMsoN,

LILLIAN K. HALEY. 

